Web Services Operations

• Introduction to Web Services Operations
• Authentication
• Create and Edit Operation »
• Read Operation »
• Delete Operation
• Publish Operation
• Batch Operation
• Workflow and Web Services Operations
• Search Operation
• Authenticate Operation

• Cascade Server 5.7.3 Release Notes
• Cascade Server 5.7.2 Release Notes
• 2008 User's Conference Presentation Files
• Cascade Server 5.7.1 Release Notes
• Cascade Server 5.7 Release Notes
• Cascade Server 5.5.2 Release Notes
• Cascade Server 5.5.1 Release Notes
• Cascade Server 5.5 Release Notes
• New Asset Factory and Workflow Trigger Plugins

Web Services Operations Overview

1. Introduction to Web Services Operations
   When looking through the WSDL, you can find all of the operations available along with their responses at the top.
2. Authentication
   For each operation, it is necessary to include authentication information.
3. Create and Edit Operation »
   This section provides information about the create and edit operations.
   1. Operation Overview
      Creation and Editing are two very similar operations.
   2. Cascade Server Asset Hierarchy »
4. Read Operation »
   Use the Read operation to retrieve information about an asset in Cascade Server.
   1. Read Operation
      The read operation is separated out into read requests for each of the types that currently support reads: blocks, files, folders, pages.
   2. Special Cases »
5. Delete Operation
   Use the delete operation to delete any asset in Cascade Server.
6. Publish Operation
   This operation will publish a File, Folder, Page, Target, Destination, or Publish Set.
7. Batch Operation
   The batch operation is a simple way of accomplishing multiple operations while only transmitting a single soap request/response.
8. Workflow and Web Services Operations
   When a user making a edit, create, or delete request does not have the role/permissions to bypass workflow, it is necessary to include workflow information in the request message.
9. Search Operation
   This operation will search the assets in Cascade Server and return a list of matches.
10. Authenticate Operation
    Use this operation to authenticate user credentials against Cascade Server.